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MANNERS & CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS)

August 23, 2022Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 corinthians, 1 samuel, 2 Chronicles, 2 Corinthians, 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, 2 Samule, balil, bazora, bore, Christ, customs, cymbals, festivities, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Hebrew music, horn, instruments, Isaiah, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jubal, Kinnor, manners and customs, manners and customs of the bible, Matthew, menanaim, metal, meziltaim, Music, musical instuments, musicians, nebel, new testament, Numbers, Old Testament, percussion, pip, pipe, possessed, qeren, reed, religious, sheep-gut, shophar, skin bottle, sound, soundbox, stringed, temple, tof, trumpet, woddenabarkley8

Music was very much a part of religious life, and musicians had always been important. They were classed along with smiths and those who possessed flocks and herds. Jubal was recognized as the father of all who played the pipe (Gen 4:20-21). We therefore find many examples of music in Bible times. The instruments that were played are not always easy to identify from their Hebrew names, but the following instruments (arranged alphabetically) are the most important ones used:

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (BASIC CLOTHING)

August 21, 2022Uncategorizedbasic, basic clothing, Christ, clothes, clothing, customs, garments, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's armour, greek, Greek names, Hebrew, jesus, Jesus Christ, Luke, manners, manners and customs, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, poor, Sabbathabarkley8

Clothes were not easy to come by for most people and were very costly. The poor had only the clothes they stood up in. It was therefore realistic to trade a person for a pair of shoes (Amos 2:6), and it was quite revolutionary for John Baptist to tell people to give away spare coats (Luke 3:11). It is therefore interesting to see that in their codification of the law in the first

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (WINE-MAKING)

August 16, 2022Uncategorized6 weeks, blob of wet clay, books of the Bible, cellars, Christ, clay, clean, disinfectant, drink, fermented, fermented drink, fruits, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, grain, house, Isaiah, jar, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, Judaea, Leviticus, manners, manners and customs, Matthew, Mediterranean, new testament, Old Testament, pomegranates, poor, sediment, six, tipped, vessels, wine, wine bottles, wine makingabarkley8

The grape juice was allowed to stand and ferment in the collecting vessels for about six weeks. A sludge known as lees formed at the bottom of the vessels. The wine was then tipped up gently into jars without disturbing the sediment (Jer 48:11). The jars were sealed with clay, but there was a small hole by the handle that allowed the gases released during the remaining fermentation to escape. When the process was complete, the hole was sealed with a blob of wet clay and the owner’s name or seal was put on the clay. It was possible to put the wine in wineskins (goatskin bottles), but if the gases, then it would burst and the wine would be lost. This is the point of Jesus’ illustration in Matthew 9:17.

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (SOLOMON’S ARMY)

July 20, 2022Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 1 Kings, 2 Chronicles, 2 Kings, army, Christ, crop, customs, Deuteronomy, emergency, fight, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, highway, jesus, Jesus Christ, kingdom, manners, manners and customs, marriage, married, marry, Matthew, new testament, officers, Old Testament, Solomon's army, vineyardabarkley8

It was Solomon who built up a professional army, for through taxation and trading he was able to accumulate sufficient wealth to pay for it (1 Kings 10:25-27). In times of national emergency the regular army was supplemented by conscripts. Recruiting officers went through the tribes on such occasions and were still in use at a much later date (2 Kings 25:18; 2 Chronicles 11:1).

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS IN THE BIBLE (ANGELS UNAWEAR)

April 27, 2022Uncategorized1 Peter, 2 John, 2 peter, 3 John, Angels, angels unaware, Christ, Ezekiel, Gaalatians, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Hebrews, hospitality, jeremiah, jesus, Jesus Christ, jews, love, manners and customs, Old Testament, philoxeniah, Zephaniahabarkley8

The Jews believed that God sometimes sent angels in disguise to test whether people were obeying the law of hospitality. They knew that this had happened to Abraham (Genesis 18:2-13) and to Gideon (Judges 6:17-22), and they believed therefore that the same thing might happen to them (Hebrews 13:2). This style of thinking gave rise to problems as well as opened the way for revelation. Many Jews thought that if they were in the house of God then they would be under God’s protection, and as a result tended to be careless in their daily living (Jeremiah 7:14). They did not realize that the glory of God had departed from the Temple and that it was no longer, therefore, the house of God (Ezekiel 11:23).

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (WORKERS WITH METAL)

April 25, 2022Uncategorized1 Kings, 1 samuel, 2 Kings, 2 Samuel, abel, acacia wood, Cain, Canaanites, Christ, cole minded, Cooper, customs, David, furnace, Geyptians, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewlery, Job, Judges, Kenite, manners, manners and customs, Matthew, melted, metal, metalworking, minded, new testament, Old Testament, Philistines, Sinai, Zechariahabarkley8

The metalsmith has a very old pedigree. Cain was a smith, and it was one of his descendants, Tubal-Cain, who was described as “the forger of instruments of bronze and iron” (Genesis 4:17,22). Cain was the father of the Midianite tribe of Kenites who seem to have been involved in many aspects of Israel’s history (see, for example Genesis 15:19; 1 Samuel 15:6). They appear to have exploited the copper of the Sinai with the Egyptians. Artifacts of Kenite metalworking have yielded much of the archaeological information we know concerning ancient metal-working.

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS IN THE BIBLE (FAITH, NOT FABLES)

April 20, 2022Uncategorizedbible customs and curiosities, Christ, Church, churches, circumcised, Crete, curiosities, customs, customs and curiosities, Ephesians, Faith, faith not fables, false prophets, false teachers, food, foods, gentiles, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, group, holy days, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewish, jews, Judaizers, manners and customs, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, Titus, unclean foodabarkley8

Paul wrote this letter to his missionary helper Titus, whom he had placed in charge of the church on the island of Crete.

One purpose of this letter was to instruct Titus in how to deal with the false teachers who had infiltrated the church.

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (VINE SYMBOLISM)

August 11, 2021Uncategorized1 corinthians, 1 Timothy, 2 Corinthians, 2 Timothy, adorned, angrily, bunch, Christ, customs, Deuteronomy, disadvantaged, Disciples, drink wine, drunken with wine, ecclesiastes, evil, front exterior, fruit, furits, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's vine, God's vines, grape, grapevine, Isaiah, jesus, John, Judges, Leviticus, manners, manners and customs, Matthew, nazirite, Numbers, Old Testament, passages, pharisees, presence of God, priests, Psalm, Romans, sanctuary, Satan, Synagogue, thanksgiving, tithe, Titus, true vine, vines, vineyard, vineyards, wine, wine drinking, wine titheabarkley8

The vine was of great importance in the religion of Israel. It was used as a symbol of the religious life of Israel itself, and a carving of a bunch of grapes often adorned the front exterior of the synagogue. The symbolism was based upon passages such as Psalm 80 and Isaiah 5:1-5 where Israel is God’s vine.

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (JESUS YOKE)

August 9, 2021Uncategorizedbygone, carry, carrying, device, easier, easy, fitted, God, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus yoke, load, manners and customs, Matthew 11:28, milkmaid, new testament, pails, piece, plough, porter, shoulders, together, woodabarkley8

It is commonly thought that Jesus was talking in Matthew 11:28 about the yoke that harnessed animals together when they were pulling a plough or a load. He was instead referring to a piece of wood that was fitted over one’s shoulders so that loads could be hung on it. The device was similar to the yoke used by the milkmaid of a bygone age when she was carrying two pails.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (GET READY FOR THE KING)

February 25, 20211 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, rise, risen, rock, rocks, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedbible customs and curiosities, CSB, curiosities, customs, fresh, Isaiah, John the Baptist, King, KJV, Lord, Luke, manners and customs, Messiah, ministry, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, removing stones, roads, rough ground, rough paths, stone, stonesabarkley8

Roads of Bible times were little more than paths, rough and crude by modern standards. When a king traveled, his servants would go ahead of him, removing stones, filling in low places, and straightening curves so the king’s journey would be more pleasant.

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